François Furet

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François Furet, French historian whose reinterpretation of the French Revolution challenged the then-prevailing Marxist viewpoint and reshaped the country’s perception of its history; he was elected to the French Academy in 1997 (b. March 27, 1927--d. July 12/13, 1997).